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MARK VANDERHOFF SAT DOWN WITH
BESHEAR TODAY AND BRINGS US
MORE.
>> I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
WAY THAT THIS YEAR HAS GON
I WANT TO BE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO
PROTECT ALL FAMILIES
>> Reporter: HIS PRIORITIES:
>> PREVENTING AND
PROSECUTING CHILD ABUSE, BETTER
PROTECTING OUR SENIORS AGAINST
SCAMS AND ABUSE, SEEKING JUSTICE
FOR VICTIMS OF RAPE AND SEXUAL
ASSAULT, AND FINDING WORKABLE
SOLUTIONS TO OUR DRUG EPIDEMIC,
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE HAD
SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN
EACH OF THOSE AREAS THAT MAKE
KENTUCKY FAMILIES SAFER.
>> Reporter: BESHEAR'S OFFICE
HAS
ARRESTED OR CONVICTED MORE THAN
80 CHILD SEX OFFENDERS...
CREATED A TEXT ALERT SYSTEM TO
WARN ABOUT THE LATEST SCAMS..
GIVEN FOUR MILLION DOLLARS IN
SETTLEMENT FUNDS TO CLEAR
KENTUCKY'S RAPE KIT BACKLOG...
AND GIVEN EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS
FROM A PHARMACEUTICAL SETTLEMENT
FOR DRUG TREATMENT.
BUT THE BIGGEST HEADLINES HAVE
COME FROM FIGHTS WITH GOVERNOR
MATT BEVIN.
>> IN BEING THAT WATCHDOG, NONE
OF ITS PERSONAL TO ME, NONE OF
ITS POLITICAL. ANYTHING WE'VE
HAD TO DO, WE'VE DONE BECAUSE I
BELIEVE AT MY CORE THERE'S BEEN
A VIOLATION AND I WOULD HAVE
DONE IT NO MATTER WHO COMMITTED
THAT VIOLATION.
>> BESHEAR HAS SUED BEVIN FOR
REORGANIZING U OF L'S BOARD OF
TRUST TREES AND THE STATE
PENSION BOARD AND CUTTING
FUNDING
FROM STATE UNIVERSITIES.
HE HAS ALSO EMERGED AS THE MOST